Article Figures & Data

Figures

Map of the study domain in southern California, USA. Points indicate the centroids of giant kelp patches (n = 469; not to scale). Polygons depict boundaries of cells in the ocean circulation model used to estimate the dispersal of giant kelp spores among patches.

Standardized effect (±95% confidence intervals) of demographic connectivity on local population dynamics for six measures of connectivity that differ in the temporal complexity of population fecundity and propagule dispersal estimations (see table 1 and Methods). Numbers within points correspond to model numbers in table 1.

Tables

Summary of connectivity measures and results of model comparisons (see Methods for detailed descriptions). AIC model comparisons are described by the number of model parameters (k) and AIC values, and ranked by AIC differences (Δi).